μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 5references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • Irish myth*Cross
  • LithuanianBalys Legends Nos. 554ff., 762, 801, 834ff.
  • Italian Novella*Rotunda
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
  • general *Loomis White Magic 75
Within the index

Filed under The devil in human form.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Devil in form of woman lures and punishes women. Introduces men disguised as women to seduce impious nunsDevil as a beautiful young woman seduces manDevil appears as a beautiful black wenchDevil appears as old woman to seduce monk from cloisterDevil (in queen's form) insatiable, although she copulates with all men and horses
Filed beside it
Devils in guise of human beings require remarkable quantity of foodThe devil as a large, strong manThe devil as a well-dressed gentlemanThe devil as a distinguished-looking knightDevil appears in the form of a man who is repugnantly ugly. (Cf. G303.3.0.1.)The devil as a little, gray old manThe devil as a black manDevil as a huntsmanDevil in form of priestDevil in form of pilgrimDevil as a peasantDevil as three gentlemen. They come for a dying manDevil as cookDevil as studentDevil appears as a JewDevil appears as a child
Carried in tale types

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